Auxiliary shovel or spade handle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILO L. WILSON, WILLIAM SANDERS, AND P. OTTO SANDERS, OF JEFFERSON,INDIANA.

AUXILIARY SHOVEL OAR SPADE HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,890, dated July 6,1886.

Application filed September 22, 1885. Serial No. 177,811.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, MILo L. WILsoN, WILL- IAM SANDERS, and I?. OrroSANDERS, citizens of the United States of America, residing atJefferson, in the county of Pulaski and State of Indiana, haveinventedeertainnew and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Shovel and SpadeHandles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improvement in shovels, spades, and likeimplements.

The object of the invention is to provide more convenient means forhandling such implements; and to that end it consists in an auxiliaryhandle therefor of novel construction, as hereinafter described.

Reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a View in perspective of a shovel, partly broken away, and showingourimproved attachmentin position; Fig. 2, a View in elevation, on anenlarged scale, of the attachment; and Fig. 3, a planv in detail, andpartly broken, of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in each view.

In the drawings, A represents the blade of the instrument, and B thehandle, to which it is secured.

Our invention consists in providing an auxiliary handle of theconstruction now to be described. This handle consists ot' a bar, C,bifurcated at its upper end, and carrying a cross-bar, D. Bar C, at thepoint shown, is bent and ends in a semicircular band, O, suchsemicircular band being provided upon its outer end with an ear or lug,a. At the point where bar C branches off into the semicircular band Cthere is a curved passage or opening formed, into which a hook-shapedarm, b, of a semicircular band, E, is inserted, such arm serving as apivot or hinge, upon which band Eis adapted to move. Band E is also one,a, of band O.

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with a screw-threaded hole, through which a thumbscrew, F, is passed,means being thus provided for drawing the outer ends of bands O and Etogether. At or about its center band E is also provided withascrew-threaded hole, through which a thumb -screw, G, is u L acterdescribedhave heretofore been provided with auxiliary handles, saidhandles being both detachable from and adj ustable upon the main handle,and used for the same purpose as ours, and therefore we do not claim,broadly, the use of such an auxiliary handle; nor do we claim theadjustable and detachable features thereof; but

In an auxiliaryimplement-handle, the combination, with a bar, C,carrying at one end a cross-piece, D, and at the opposite end formedwith a semicircular band, O', of a semicircular band, E, provided at oneend with a hookshaped extension or arm, b, and means for locking theparts in position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MILO L; WILSON. WILLIAM SANDERS. P. OTTO SANDERS.

Witnesses:

M. J. OLAGETT, FRANK S. BLANCHARD.

